Torley Linden's new video on changing your avatar's appearance is very detailed and will give you more ideas on customizing your avatar. Follow this link to his YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbuMi5N97c.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Want to Get Involved in Second Life?
Message below from Abbey Zenith
We have a few regular events we do at Alliance Virtual Library that could use someone to adopt them :) I'd like to encourage people that aren't already heavily involved but would like to make a significant contribution to what we do at AVL to consider managing or helping with these. They are a great way to meet people and network!
RL Librarian Chat - a monthly discussion series that features real life librarians talking about their RL jobs. They are a great way for us to hear about what others are doing and of great interest to students and new librarians. You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; add it to our shared Google Doc for monthly events and report the number of attendees there; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing this event may take 1-3 hours a month.
Library Buzz Sessions - not a regularly scheduled event, the Buzz sessions take place whenever we can find someone who wants to share a presentation, lead a panel or discussion on a library topic (RL or SL), etc. The person managing this event could make it into a monthly discussion (or more often) if they like. You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; add it to our shared Google Doc for monthly events and report the number of attendees there; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing these events may take 1-5 hours a month, depending on event frequency.
Peace Park - Peace Park is a religious resource area that provides information on major religions and philosophies. We strive to do book discussions on all religions there and would like to start a new series of discussions - "Hot Topics in Religion". You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing this event may take 1-3 hours a month. For this group it is important that the person that manages be open to discussions on any religion or philosophy - the mission for Peace Park is to provide resources, and encourage tolerance and the sharing of information.
Please contact Abbey Zenith if you are interested in managing or working with a group on any of these events.
We have a few regular events we do at Alliance Virtual Library that could use someone to adopt them :) I'd like to encourage people that aren't already heavily involved but would like to make a significant contribution to what we do at AVL to consider managing or helping with these. They are a great way to meet people and network!
RL Librarian Chat - a monthly discussion series that features real life librarians talking about their RL jobs. They are a great way for us to hear about what others are doing and of great interest to students and new librarians. You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; add it to our shared Google Doc for monthly events and report the number of attendees there; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing this event may take 1-3 hours a month.
Library Buzz Sessions - not a regularly scheduled event, the Buzz sessions take place whenever we can find someone who wants to share a presentation, lead a panel or discussion on a library topic (RL or SL), etc. The person managing this event could make it into a monthly discussion (or more often) if they like. You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; add it to our shared Google Doc for monthly events and report the number of attendees there; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing these events may take 1-5 hours a month, depending on event frequency.
Peace Park - Peace Park is a religious resource area that provides information on major religions and philosophies. We strive to do book discussions on all religions there and would like to start a new series of discussions - "Hot Topics in Religion". You could manage these discussions alone or with a partner or group. You'd find speakers; schedule the event; promote the event, and be on hand during the event to introduce the speaker and participate in the discussion where possible. Managing this event may take 1-3 hours a month. For this group it is important that the person that manages be open to discussions on any religion or philosophy - the mission for Peace Park is to provide resources, and encourage tolerance and the sharing of information.
Please contact Abbey Zenith if you are interested in managing or working with a group on any of these events.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Renaissance Island Welcomes Students to Work on Various Projects
Renaissance Island is always open to welcome students. We have various projects that need completed and would work with students to fulfill thier assignment. Reniassance is an immersed educational role playing16th century. Our projects include: furnishing of the school and placing notecards with information of clothes, daily roles of children; creating tombs of famous knights under our manor; expand our Wharf to include another port; recreate the Spanish Armanda. We also wish to involve students in our London Globe if they so choose to try their hand at acting. We are planning a celebration when our King Henry accended to his throne (500th anniversay) and will welcome him when he travels thru our village in June.
Any organization that has students who want a mature educational environment are welcome to contact us for a list of projects.
Warmest regards......
Duchess Diamond Coronet ( Susan Rushing)diamond.coronet@yahoo.com
Lady Korrigan Keynes (Mary- Carol Lindbloom)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
RezLibris releases April Issue!
RezLibris magazine is proud to announce the release of a new information-rich issue available at: http://www.rezlibris.com
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night @ Blackfriar Theatre
Storytelling Day with Tales and a Quest
Machinimista Extraordinaire
Sci Fi Photo contest winners
LIS Student Union St. Patricks Day Party
Adventure in Childrens Literature
RL Librarian Spotlight – Honoria Paine
This publication is for SL Librarians and we want to help you in your SL endeavors!
So please share with us your:
Grand Openings·
Special Events·
Book Readings·
Exhibitions ·
Best Practices·
Tell us your Stories! Even if it is last minute! We will do our best to post your event quickly and spread the word about what is happening throughout the SL Library Community! And of course, we welcome your feedback! Let us know if you would like a representative to come speak at your next meeting!
You can reach us at rezlibris@gmail.com
Vienna James Public Relations DirectorRezLibris Magazine
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night @ Blackfriar Theatre
Storytelling Day with Tales and a Quest
Machinimista Extraordinaire
Sci Fi Photo contest winners
LIS Student Union St. Patricks Day Party
Adventure in Childrens Literature
RL Librarian Spotlight – Honoria Paine
This publication is for SL Librarians and we want to help you in your SL endeavors!
So please share with us your:
Grand Openings·
Special Events·
Book Readings·
Exhibitions ·
Best Practices·
Tell us your Stories! Even if it is last minute! We will do our best to post your event quickly and spread the word about what is happening throughout the SL Library Community! And of course, we welcome your feedback! Let us know if you would like a representative to come speak at your next meeting!
You can reach us at rezlibris@gmail.com
Vienna James Public Relations DirectorRezLibris Magazine
Saturday, April 4, 2009
April is National Poetry Month in the U.S. and Canada.
April is National Poetry Month in the U.S. and Canada. We've set out a nice little display on Info Island in the Special Display Room inthe AVL-West building with information on poetry in general, resources for those who teach poetry, the poetry of China, India and Japan, cowboy poetry and some goodies you can take with you in SL. We also have a landmark to an interesting game in Second Life called "15 Seconds of Poetry." So come on down to Info Island and take a look.
The SLURL to the display is:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/83/56/34/
Many thanks to JJ Drinkwater and the volunteers of the Caledon Library project for some of the poetry resources. Also thanks to Janette Courier of Rachelville for the multi-volume set of pre-1924 children's poems on notecards. Janette Courier (who works with me in SL) is one of those unsung heroes of AVL and I'm happy to have an opportunity to thank her publicly for all that she does.
The SLURL to the display is:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/83/56/34/
Many thanks to JJ Drinkwater and the volunteers of the Caledon Library project for some of the poetry resources. Also thanks to Janette Courier of Rachelville for the multi-volume set of pre-1924 children's poems on notecards. Janette Courier (who works with me in SL) is one of those unsung heroes of AVL and I'm happy to have an opportunity to thank her publicly for all that she does.
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